Category: This Weeks News
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HUMBOLDT MOVING & STORAGE EXPANDS FREE MATTRESS COLLECTION SERVICES
Permanent drop-off location will operate two days a week beginning March 23 Crescent City – March 20, 2019 – Beginning March 23, Humboldt Moving & Storage will accept mattresses and box springs for recycling on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Crescent City location, the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) announced today. This…
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Removal of the dams on the Klamath RIver
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – March 16, 2019 – I see by the reporting in the Triplicate and upon reviewing the most recent Board of Supervisors meeting that there is much missing from the rush to remove the dams on the Klamath River, and much more to be concerned about beyond silt issues and their effect on…
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Print Media Self Destruction
By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello – March 11, 2019 – The ennui on both the local and national level transfixes my attention to alternate considerations. We are witnessing the implosion of staid institutions as paradigms aren’t shifting but being uniquely created. Consider the closure of big box stores, the disappearance of the home phone, and,…
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Stop Bird Hunting on the Lake Earl Wildlife Refuge
Opinion Piece and Petition By Randal South – March 9, 2019 – Go to this site to sign petition: https://www.thepetitionsite.com/613/953/649/stop-bird-hunting-on-the-lake-earl-wildlife-refuge/ To be delivered to Jeffrey Stoddard, Program Manager, Charlton H. Bonham, Director, Governor Gavin Newsom, The California State House, The California State Senate. We the undersigned request that California Department of Fish and Wildlife end hunting…
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Please, Governor, don’t derail the bullet train derailment
By Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association – Published March 4, 2019 Even before California’s High Speed Rail bond proposal appeared on the ballot in November 2008, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association commissioned a study in conjunction with the Reason Foundation because of deep concerns about the project’s viability. The study, published…
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SACRAMENTO CUTS TIES WITH SPECIAL DISTRICT FAIR BOARD
Opinion Piece By Linda Sutter – February 28, 2019 – I attended the Special District Fair Board meeting the morning of September 26th. As a reminder, this Special District was created by adding a 1/4 cent sales tax to help keep the Fairgrounds open becauses Sacramento stopped funding for Fairs in 2011. I was shocked…
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Interview with Police Chief Minsal about the homeless and the law
By Donna Westfall – February 26, 2019 – On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, Crescent City Police Chief, Ivan Minsal, was very accomodating by coming to my home and answering questions about the recent 9th District Court ruling about homeless being able to sleep on public property without harrassment. The 9th Circuit Court has opined, “…as…
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Global Warming, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, What’s next?
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – February 25, 2019 – I supposed after having the law laid down by the current “mouth piece”of progressives in Congress, it is time for all humans to begin packing their bags in anticipation of being “forced” to leave planet earth before we literally boil in our own juices. But…
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UPDATE: LAST CHANCE GRADE OPEN
By Donna Westfall – February 25, 2019 – 9;30 am – Last Chance Grade was closed last night due to a landslide. This morning, the road has been opened to one-way controlled traffic. Be careful out there.
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BREAKING NEWS: ROAD SLIDE AT LAST CHANCE GRADE
A call came in from Bonnie Berkowitz at 9:55 pm, Sunday, February 24, 2019 driving on 101 going north by Last Chance Grade. There is a road slide. They are turning around and going back to Eureka. There are no signs, no warnings, nothing. Be warned! CalTrans is not there. They are due to be…